Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

atajado

English translation:

small reservoir/small dam

Added to glossary by Taña Dalglish
May 13, 2010 15:33
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

atajado

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Agriculture irrigation
Anybody got a good word in English for this? It is some kind of device or method for controlling irrigation in Bolivia. Thanks. JOHN PENNEY
Proposed translations (English)
2 +1 small reservoir
Change log

May 18, 2010 14:55: Taña Dalglish changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/78360">JOHN PENNEY (X)'s</a> old entry - "atajado"" to ""small reservoir""

Proposed translations

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small reservoir

atajado or atajada

Mano a Mano - [ Traducir esta página ]We know that an atajada (water reservoir) would hold rain water to channel to fields as our ancestors did. Please help us again. ...
www.manoamano.org/ - Bolivia


[PDF] Appropriate designs and appropriating irrigation systems ... Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
designing irrigation systems in Bolivia, that small-farmer irrigation ...... Storage facilities commonly built by small farmers are reservoirs, atajado reservoirs (small ..... In many irrigation systems with a small reservoir, such ...
www.library.wur.nl/wda/dissertations/dis3875.pdf

HTH!


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Note added at 16 mins (2010-05-13 15:50:38 GMT)
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or "water reservoir".

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Note added at 4 days (2010-05-18 14:55:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you John. Glad it helped.
Peer comment(s):

agree Bubo Coroman (X)
1 hr
Thank you Debs. Much appreciated. Abrazos.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. Small reservoir or small dam is good. JOHN"
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